High paying office and admin jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Every office and admin occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single office and admin job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN salary is worth about 0.97× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN · Employed

1Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$77,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,440 – $107,43010,620
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$71,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,650 – $106,06033,180
3Public Safety Telecommunicators$66,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,170 – $98,7102,730
4Postal Service Mail Carriers$63,750
No formal educational credential
$44,160 – $81,04010,320
5Brokerage Clerks$63,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,980 – $95,0401,790
6Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$62,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,340 – $87,9904,170
7Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,220 – $92,2408,560
8Cargo and Freight Agents$59,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,030 – $80,5805,630
9Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$59,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,120 – $99,9906,120
10File Clerks$58,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $74,3002,640
11Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,300
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,2804,920
12Financial Clerks, All Other$56,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,730 – $83,7901,820
13Loan Interviewers and Clerks$53,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,190 – $74,5804,560
14Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,440
Some college, no degree
$36,140 – $73,43035,660
15Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$51,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,810 – $71,2605,460
16Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$50,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,300 – $78,82050,190
17Billing and Posting Clerks$49,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,840 – $70,62013,610
18Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$49,590
Associate's degree
$39,190 – $68,1302,920
19Bill and Account Collectors$49,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,900 – $66,4603,950
20Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,450 – $78,7204,590
21Order Clerks$47,890
Some college, no degree
$36,030 – $62,4002,970
22Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$47,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,850 – $77,2006,660
23Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,150 – $64,68026,030
24Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,970 – $60,68020,020
25Customer Service Representatives$47,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $71,53075,240
26Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $72,5901,990
27Office Clerks, General$46,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,580 – $72,91066,840
28Data Entry Keyers$44,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $61,6604,270
29Tellers$44,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,480 – $49,0309,930
30Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$43,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $59,2301,990
31Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$38,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,580 – $51,0402,380
32Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,690 – $49,56030,540
33Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$36,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,740 – $46,0304,260
34Library Assistants, Clerical$35,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $46,4904,420

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,770	$54,440 – $107,430	10,620
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,730	$47,650 – $106,060	33,180
3	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,980	$39,170 – $98,710	2,730
4	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$63,750	$44,160 – $81,040	10,320
5	Brokerage ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,390	$44,980 – $95,040	1,790
6	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,920	$42,340 – $87,990	4,170
7	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,900	$44,220 – $92,240	8,560
8	Cargo and Freight AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,850	$40,030 – $80,580	5,630
9	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,490	$47,120 – $99,990	6,120
10	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,320	$35,990 – $74,300	2,640
11	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$58,300	$42,600 – $75,280	4,920
12	Financial Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,980	$53,730 – $83,790	1,820
13	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,870	$41,190 – $74,580	4,560
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,440	$36,140 – $73,430	35,660
15	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,280	$39,810 – $71,260	5,460
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,440	$34,300 – $78,820	50,190
17	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,960	$39,840 – $70,620	13,610
18	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$49,590	$39,190 – $68,130	2,920
19	Bill and Account CollectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,390	$37,900 – $66,460	3,950
20	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,560	$35,450 – $78,720	4,590
21	Order ClerksSome college, no degree	$47,890	$36,030 – $62,400	2,970
22	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,850	$37,850 – $77,200	6,660
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,740	$37,150 – $64,680	26,030
24	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,680	$38,970 – $60,680	20,020
25	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,100	$34,480 – $71,530	75,240
26	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$31,200 – $72,590	1,990
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,330	$32,580 – $72,910	66,840
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,650	$31,200 – $61,660	4,270
29	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,540	$36,480 – $49,030	9,930
30	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,460	$31,200 – $59,230	1,990
31	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,570	$34,580 – $51,040	2,380
32	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,060	$31,690 – $49,560	30,540
33	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,130	$32,740 – $46,030	4,260
34	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,160	$31,200 – $46,490	4,420

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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